Guangxi ready to launch crackdown on drugs

With more than 10 metric tons of drugs flowing into China via the Sino-Vietnam border every year, the country will launch a three-year crackdown on drug production, smuggling and trafficking in its southwest region in 2015.

During the next three years, China will try to eliminate drug-related activities in the whole region and enhance suppression along the border, Chen Wu, chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, announced at an anti-drug conference on Friday.

The move in Guangxi mirrors a new crackdown on drugs that began in 108 cities across China on Sept 27.